The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-10-16


deeds. and in his relations to others. That
Ferdinand Francisco del Avaos. the Marquis
del Vasto and Pescara, the husband Of that
famous and learned woman. and lover of art,
Fittoria Colonna. the friend Of Michel Angelo,
the noble. good and Christian lady (some
at Rome accused ner of being Protestant), who
has been the theme OF historians, novelists and
poets. the last poet TO write of her being
own LonGfellow. In his poem, sometimes
titled 'Ischia." aud sometimes ''vittoria Co
lonna, Loncfellow speaks of Vittoria Colonna
ia association with the picturesque castle of
Ischia Tor Inarimel
Upon its terrace walk
phantoro gliding 20 and fro;
tits tolonna. it is she
Who lived and loved so long ago.
'Inari,o ! marine!
Thy castle on the crag above
In dust shall eruulbe and decay.
But not the memory OF her love-"
Now the memory Of Vittoria Colonna for some
holds for the general reader q m uch
higher place than her husband. the Marquis del
Vasto, the noted warrior and statesman But
in history Francesca d'Avelos. the Marquis del
Vasto. has lofty niche of fame, the brave
conqueror at the battle of Ravenna in 1912, and
as general under Charles " who fought and
won the battle Of Pavia from the French in
1925. and was deputed by his sovereign Charles
W to receive the sword of Francis !, of France,
who described his own overthrow tersely in
words so often quoted: Tout est perdu fors
Tbonneur" lai is lost save honorl
What am 20 write is not much about
the things that made the house of Del Vasto and
d'Avelos so great in the past to narrate some
thing about the last heir of the family who now
lives in Naples More than three centuries
have elapsed since Victoria Colonua and her
noble husband have been sleeping in their
graves. Yes. Ware in the year 1887.
In the ArriI of this year. in one of the daily
newspa- srs of this city of Naples my eye fell
upon the most extraordinary description of a
wedding in high life that have ever read. and,
Before got through, / became convinced that
the description was by no ordinary jenkins but
must have been written by skillful lawyer.
who had hand. It 1.-THE description
was published advertisement G), and it
was the account of the wedding of the present
Marquis del Vasto. and told of all the great. the
noble and the holy who were in attendance on
this happy occasion. But why should it be pub
lished advertisement What would the
Journal readers think of tp-top wedding COM
ing off in indianapolis, and instead of
having Charley Dennis, or some one else OF the
Journal staff. report it, the bridegroom should
take the buiness in hand and go over and employ
Harry Milligan. or some other lawyer. to give
account Of n fashionable weddinc! 1t would
seem strange at home. and so it seemed strange
here, until il became known that Don Giuseppe
tJosephl the present Marquis del Vasto the heir
of the late Francesca dAvelos, Marquis etc. the
descendent of him who distinguished himself at
the battle of Pavia was summoned by Miss Re-
gina d'Avelos, whose title is the Princess OF
Montesarchio-the legitimate descendant of the
Lepanto d'Avelosl Ito be shown mp that he is
not the heir of the late Francesca dAvalos,
Marquis of Vasto, etc., etc. The plaintiff AYERS
that the said Giuseppe hasn't drop of d'Avelos
blood in him and that he Ia the of a servant
woman, who is the sister OF the widow mother
OF the present MARQUIS The summons the
defendant occurred just about year and three
months after the death of tho late Marquis of
Vasto, and very soon after the announcement OF
the Engagement of the Marquis the heir OF
all ths vast personal and real eatate of the de-
PENDANT Marquis 1t was not the announcements
of the marriage, however that called forth the
ire and the legal proceedings OF Miss Regina.
the Princess OF Montesarchio the descendant of
the Lepanto or younger branch of the family
but IL was the customary conventional letter
sent out by the present Marquis and the widow,
his mother, the Marchioness del Vasto. etc., ETC.
and in which all the titles were assumed by
the young successor of the noble house. These
titles simply formidable to American,
and are longer than any possessed by any Eng
lish sovereign prince, but every of these
titles 10 fraught with history-gong back to the
twelfth century in Spain. and to $50 years ago in
Italy--and tell either of victory by and by
land, or their titles souvenirs OF the graft
tude OF many monarch. When the young
mantle present observation-disclosures engaged to
n beautiful young noble lady whose ancestors
go back just as far. ard whose titles just
long, land who has the bluest OF blue blood
Maria Varona del Principe. Of the princeiy house
di Trigiano and Brancaccio, then
sent forth the announcement with all these
titles on the wedding card, viz: 'tGiuseppe
d'Avalos Dnke di Celewga; Prince di Tore baIna;
Marquis del Vasto Prince of Pescara. Franca-
villa. and Isernia Duke di Monte Negro and
del Contrado di Monte Odorisio. Scern Pol
lutri. Casal Bordino. Fnrci, Gulini, Gissi,
Cnsalangui6a and dele Vile Alfonsina and Gu
pello; Lord OF the cities or Lanciano Of the
Island. of Procida and San Martina, of the ter
ritories of Serracapriola and Chiente; Knight of
the Golden Fleece; and twice Grandee of Spain
of the first class" just fancy wedding card
issued like that where / have written only the
fellows" titles. and have left out the girls al
togeiherl
Now to the wedding: Don Giuseppe, Marquis
del Vasto. seeing what he meet in the
court, determined as his first move to have his
nuptial ceremonies honored by such guests that
avery present stood, it were. sponsors
and witnesses for his titles. estates and all that
Nppertained to them. So the wedding came off.
AS in a romance chapter will contain the
heavy business, the plotting of villain. or the
arranging of some legal contest and the next
chapter will have n love scene some great
Iiety event, in real life we find plot and
sounter-plot, and legal contests, and society
events. all working TO set up or put down soma-
body. Thus it is in this case, and so far as pre-
iminares concerned tho d'Avelos seem
be decidedly ahead of the Princess Monte
Iarchio. Don Giuseppe. Marquis del Vasto.
gives In his immense palace the most splendid
wedding party ever given by subject in south
Urn Italy. The whole account of who there
and what they wore duly appeared. but in ad-
Tertisement OF the leading daily But why did
they not put 10 into the "Cronaca Interna" the
sity newsi Because no ordinary reporter would
give $50 precise account, perha ps. of the
titled persons there, and, because there was a
law case on hand. Italian editor would not
put into the editorial columns flor which he
alone is responsibility matter that might be con-
Bidered by the lawyers of the Princess Monte
sarchio indictable. Therefore, whoever in
5ertsd the paid advertisement assumed all
sponsibility. / never knew of any Jenkins who
hi5 up the business so artistically as did this
legal writer
The first thing that strikes the reader is that
the article goes straight TO The matter of titles
IN this manner: '.Among the splendid D omps
which have always been notably superb in every
epoch Of Naples. IL becomes duty 1.-The ed-
toriai we and our predominatel to include
that religious and noble ceremony in VIII ich, on
Sunday. March &C. was bless the sacred nuptiai